Bab 837: The Great Battle of Mountain Beasts (18)

But this was precisely what the intelligent and cunning orc commander had anticipated. With a sharp hand signal, the orc flanks moved inward in a sudden, synchronized motion, locking the trolls into a deadly crescent formation of the Double Hook. The orcs stationed on the far edges surged inward, closing in on the trolls from all directions. In an instant, the initial gap the trolls had forced open was gone, replaced by a wall of iron and shields. The trolls, still focused on their forward charge, now found themselves surrounded on all sides, their path forward cut off by a tightening wall of orc warriors.